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Microsoft Corporation Technical Program Manager in Multiple Locations, Singapore
The Global & Region Expansion team is responsible for driving the global growth and expansion of Azure commercial cloud and AI regions. The team leads the strategic planning & development of regional infrastructure plans for new and expanding regions to meet technical design, schedule, and cost requirements for medium- and long-term global region health. If you want to have fundamental impact on how Microsoft’s Cloud is deployed and operated globally, want to be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, if strong technical and business acumen, leadership, creativity, and out of the box thinking are some of the skills you bring to the table - this job is for you!
We are hiring a Program Manager for our Geo Expansion function, covering new region launch and existing region expansion planning within the APAC. This role is responsible for managing cross functional infrastructure strategy and plans to support our rapidly scaling data center infrastructure. The right candidate will drive clarity and decisions on infrastructure sourcing signals by integrating with Azure, Finance, and Infrastructure acquisition teams, including land, power, network, and data center leasing and acquisition.
Responsibilities
This role is part of a critical function that will be accountable for driving infrastructure decisions making sure all inputs are adequately captured and analysed. This role will focus on:
Analysis of regional demand and supply inputs and variances to support long term decisions
Coordinating and driving infrastructure decisions on a timely manner
Identifying data needs, collecting required data, and providing the analysis to expedite decision making
Coordinating with finance on financial analysis and decision alignment
Program managing inputs to planning of new cloud regions
Understanding and clarifying key constraints to deploying new regions in a timely manner
Manage the new and existing expansion cloud region strategy and planning processes
Coordinate inputs for planning of new region launches and existing region expansions across infrastructure acquisition and Azure
Manage the infrastructure decision process to drive decisions on time and in alignment with our strategy
Drive close collaboration with planning and execution teams to resolve infrastructure problems
Perform Data analysis as required for driving infrastructure decisions
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
5+ years’ experience in cross functional program management, especially in a strategy, planning and decision-making environment
5+ years’ experience in data and analysis for decision making
5+ years demonstrated experience leading and managing a business-critical function
BS/BA degree required;
Ability to communicate and present complex analysis at the executive levels for alignment and decision making
Excellent communication and leadership skills to drive projects, and build buy-in and support
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in planning cloud specific infrastructure
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